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22nd October 2025
           
          Centenary Village Wins National Recognition at Soldiering On Awards
          
        3rd October 2025
           
          RBLI Unveils Roll of Honour to Celebrate Veteran Support and Community Generosity
          
        2nd October 2025
           
          Shaping the Future of Construction: RBLI at Kent Expo 2025
          
        30th September 2025
           
          Reds10 Take on the CHX Challenge to Support RBLI
          
        18th September 2025
           
          BBC Watchdog Investigation Airs
          
        11th September 2025
           
          RBLI Named Large Charity of the Year at Kent Charity Awards!
          
        11th September 2025
           
          RBLI signs major contract with national Infrastructure firm
          
        8th September 2025
           
          Veteran’s Poetry Book Printed at BBMC Leatherhead
          
        5th September 2025
           
          Remembering Our Patron, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent GCVO
          
        2nd September 2025
           
          BBMC Named Finalist for Social Enterprise UK Award
          
        19th August 2025
           
          “So That Others Might Know”: The Story of Percy Bowpitt, Soldier of the Forgotten Army
          
        31st July 2025
           
          Amey Honoured for 15 Years of Supporting Veteran Employment Through RBLI’s Social Enterprise
          
        23rd July 2025
           
          RBLI Chief Executive Lisa Farmer Awarded OBE for Services to the Armed Forces Community
          
        8th July 2025
           
          Government’s nuclear funding to benefit a Kent-based social enterprise
          
        16th May 2025
           
          RBLI awarded Freedom of the Borough of Tonbridge and Malling
          
        14th May 2025
           
          New traffic management production line puts social enterprise on road to greater business
          
        12th May 2025
           
          National Highways doubles its impact at RBLI’s social enterprise and celebrates three years of partnership
          
        9th May 2025
           
          Honouring the Past, Celebrating Together: VE Day at the Garden of Honour
          
        2nd May 2025
           
          RBLI and TfL partner for VE Day 80
          
        16th April 2025
           
          RBLI launches Echoes to commemorate VE Day 80
          
        31st March 2025
           
          RBLI submits plans for permission to build a new Kent factory 
          
        31st March 2025
           
          Business leaders back The Chairman’s Sleep Out and raise record amount for RBLI’s work with homeless veterans 
          
        23rd March 2025
           
          New programme helping spouses of veterans to find new careers heads for Helensburgh 
          
        10th March 2025
           
          Ben and Jay take on the ‘Three Sleeps Challenge’ for The Great Tommy Sleep Out
          
        6th March 2025
           
          Getting more veterans into meaningful jobs: RBLI’s Lifeworks is ready to take up Government call
          
        4th March 2025
           
          All aboard! Business leaders spend night on HMS Cavalier for The Great Tommy Sleep Out
          
        21st February 2025
           
          Care home staff commit to three days of camping for The Great Tommy Sleep Out
          
        20th February 2025
           
          Placing social value at the heart of business: RBLI acclaims Procurement Act
          
        17th February 2025
           
          RAF veterans setting off on six-day walk for The Great Tommy Sleep Out
          
        13th February 2025
           
          Enhancing leadership skills: Apprenticeship offers RBLI veteran ‘exciting new chapter’ in his career
          
        13th February 2025
           
          ‘Turning lives around’: RBLI’s Lifeworks to support even more families thanks to Veterans’ Foundation funding
          
        11th February 2025
           
          ‘A resounding success’: Lifeworks launch in Gateshead attracts top turnout
          
        7th February 2025
           
          Stepping out for The Great Tommy Sleep Out: Matthew’s Hadrian’s Wall hike to help the cause
          
        31st January 2025
           
          Shining a light on veteran homelessness: RBLI’s The Great Tommy Sleep Out aims for record year
          
        29th January 2025
           
          RBLI achieves JOSCAR accreditation
          
        14th January 2025
           
          RBLI unveils plans for a new Kent factory
          
        3rd January 2025
           
          RBLI Chief Executive honoured by King Charles
          
        26th November 2024
           
          RBLI Thanks Scrap Car Comparison for Its Generous Support
          
        12th November 2024
           
          Royal British Legion Industries Welcomes BAE Systems and Barratt Redrow as Co-sponsors of The Great Tommy Sleep Out
          
        17th October 2024
           
          Minister for Veterans Announces £1 Million Grant for RBLI
          
        10th October 2024
           
          New funding announced to support employability for families of Armed Forces veterans
          
        3rd October 2024
           
          New Report Highlights How Scotland’s Bravest Manufacturing Transforms Veterans' Lives Through Jobs and Training
          
        23rd September 2024
           
          RBLI Wins Fundraising Campaign of the Year at Third Sector Awards
          
        27th June 2024
           
          Cyclists, including two brothers in arms, set out on RBLI’s annual Ride with a Veteran cycle ride 
          
        12th June 2024
           
          The Great Tommy Sleep Out Raises £1.2 Million
          
        10th June 2024
           
          RBLI Commemorates The 80th Anniversary of D-Day with a Beacon Lighting Ceremony
          
        4th June 2024
           
          RBLIs’ sand installation of 80 Tommies commemorates the 80th Anniversary of D-Day
          
        26th April 2024
           
          Scotland’s Bravest Manufacturing Co celebrates Kings’ Award for Enterprise for providing employment to veterans.
          
        18th January 2024
           
          RBLI RECEIVES SPONSORSHIP FROM BAE SYSTEMS FOR ITS ANNUAL THE GREAT TOMMY SLEEP OUT
          
        19th December 2023
           
          RBLI’s Lifeworks employability programme joins with Positive Transition
          
        1st December 2023
           
          In a speech at the House of Commons The Lord King of Lothbury highlights the impact of RBLI’s Lifeworks
          
        28th November 2023
           
          SBMC receives grant from The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity and Greenwich Hospital
          
        1st November 2023
           
          RBLI's Tommy Created By Veterans
          
        20th October 2023
           
          HRH The Princess Royal officially opens Royal British Legion Industries’ Centenary Village
          
        9th October 2023
           
          Ash Alexander-Cooper OBE Launches New Book
          
        11th August 2023
           
          SBMC honours the life of Jackie Johnson
          
        18th July 2023
           
          Hari Budha Magar launches the annual ‘Ride with a Veteran’ cycle ride
          
        4th July 2023
           
          Royal British Legion Industries receives Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust Grant.
          
        6th June 2023
           
          Turf cutting celebrates construction of welfare facilities and new housing for veterans 
          
        21st April 2023
           
          RBLI receives Royal recognition for its social enterprise
          
        2nd April 2023
           
          Declaration Ceremony of the High Sheriff of Kent 2023
          
        29th March 2023
           
          Chairmans Tommy Sleep Out at Fort Amherst
          
        14th March 2023
           
          Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer MP Visits RBLI
          
        1st March 2023
           
          Success of the Telegraph Christmas Appeal
          
        21st February 2023
           
          RBLI Launches New Coronation Range
          
        15th January 2023
           
          Nadra Ahmed Receives CBE
          
        29th December 2022
           
          Telegraph Appeal Generates 22 Homeless Referrals in a Single Day
          
        30th November 2022
           
          Morrisons and RBLI join forces to support unemployed veterans in Exeter
          
        18th November 2022
           
          Harry Kane Launches Official Shop and Social Enterprise Partnership
          
        16th November 2022
           
          Proud to be selected for the Telegraph Christmas Charity Appeal
          
        11th November 2022
           
          Their Royal Highnesses Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie Visit Royal British Legion Industries
          
        10th November 2022
           
          WW2 veteran celebrates 2,000 plaques made  for The Queen’s Green Canopy
          
        24th August 2022
           
          Lifeworks launch year-long evaluation of success
          
        30th June 2022
           
          Jools Holland inspired after collecting RBLI plaques
          
        24th June 2022
           
          Barratt Dementia Garden Finished
          
        14th June 2022
           
          RBLI’s response to veteran Universal Credit figures.
          
        31st May 2022
           
          Lord Lieutenant of Kent opens new dementia facility on RBLI’s village
          
        12th April 2022
           
          RBLI’s village for vulnerable veterans gets boost from BAE Systems
          
        28th February 2022
           
          Royal British Legion Industries appoints Lisa Farmer as chief executive
          
        29th November 2021
           
          Lord-Lieutenant celebrates as RBLI veterans drafted in for The Queen’s Green Canopy
          
        7th October 2021
           
          RBLI’s Tommy 10k fundraiser for military veterans launched with crew of HMS Prince of Wales
          
        8th September 2021
           
          Welcoming the Kent County Council Leader to RBLI's village
          
        28th July 2021
           
          RBLI launches ‘Women in War’ campaign to recognise the female contribution to the Armed Forces
          
        25th June 2021
           
          RBLI signs up Panattoni for its challenge
          
        9th June 2021
           
          Tommy Club Founding Patron takes on quarantine marathon in hotel room 
          
        1st June 2021
           
          RBLI CELEBRATES NATIONAL VOLUNTEERS' WEEK
          
        6th May 2021
           
          HARRY KANE CHOOSES TOMMY CLUB AS LEYTON ORIENT SHIRT SPONSOR
          
        29th April 2021
           
          Lord Dannatt rallies nation for ‘Tommy’s Race to Victory’  VE Day celebrations
          
        21st December 2020
           
          England Captain Harry Kane Becomes RBLI Tommy Club Ambassador
          
        27th October 2020
           
          Former Governor of the Bank of England Lord King announced as RBLI's President
          
        15th October 2020
           
          RBLI announces charity partnership with Seat Unique
          
        13th October 2020
           
          Lord Dannatt and Royal British Legion Industries launch new Tommy Club 
          
        2nd September 2020
           
          RBLI Launches Tommy Tea
          
        10th August 2020
           
          RBLI Commemorates VJ Day 
          
        29th July 2020
           
          Forces in Mind Trust awards grant to fund accredited employment training programme for RBLI's Scottish social enterprise
          
        9th July 2020
           
          National Care Association Chair Nadra Ahmed OBE DL backs RBLI's Florence Nightingale campaign
          
        1st July 2020
           
          Veterans salute as RBLI thanks its carers with Florence Nightingale award
          
        1st June 2020
           
          Celebrating Volunteers' Week 2020 
          
        29th April 2020
           
          Lord Dannatt & RBLI launch Tommy in the Window campaign 
          
        